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Thrips

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.

    "The turnrows and margins of the fields should be cultivated often enough to prevent the growth of weeds, many forms of which harbor the onion thrips."

  2. 2
    any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “wood-worm”).

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